Mexico’s migration approach will remain unchanged

Significance

His comments, at Mexico’s Senate, come amid a surge in undocumented migration through Mexico, and follow discussions on how to address the matter on September 9, at the first US-Mexican High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) meeting since 2016.

Impacts

• COVID-19 concerns will exacerbate border pressures, perpetuating processing delays and increasing the numbers of trapped migrants.
• Growing tensions between migrants and locals will see migration become a progressively problematic issue for Mexico politically.
• Migration will become an increasingly sensitive aspect of Mexico-US relations.